Patents by Inventor Takafumi Kawano
Takafumi Kawano has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10011376Abstract: It is to provide a packaging container comprising: a synthetic resin container body having a flange part at a periphery of an opening at an upper end thereof; and a container cap having a top board part and a skirt part provided such that it is suspended from a-periphery of the top board part, and wherein the top board part is heat-sealed onto an upper surface of the flange part of the container body; wherein the packaging container has a first cutout part at an upper end of an outer edge of the flange part. By providing a first cutout part, a packaging container possible to achieve sealing with the container cap stably, and to open the sealing easily and surely as well can be provided, by suppressing the effect of a molten resin on a folded corner part of the skirt of the container cap when the container body is heat-sealed with the container cap.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2006Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHAInventors: Mitsuhiko Shinohara, Takafumi Kawano, Motokazu Kawano, Masahar Kanai, Toshiro Watanabe, Mikio Ishimoto, Shin-Ichi Hoshi, Shin-Ichiro No
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Patent number: 9708533Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wavelength conversion member including a polycrystalline ceramics includes mixing a substance serving as a silicon source, a substance serving as an aluminum source, a substance serving as a calcium source, and a substance serving as a europium source; firing the obtained mixture to obtain an oxynitride phosphor powder; then sintering the oxynitride phosphor powder in an inert atmosphere to obtain the polycrystalline ceramics, characterized in that the sintered oxynitride phosphor powder has a composition (excluding oxygen) represented by the Formula: Cax1Eux2Si12-(y+z)Al(y+z)OzN16-z (in the Formula, x1, x2, y, and z are values such that 0<x1?3.40, 0.05?x2?0.20, 3.5?y?7.0, 0?z?1).Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2013Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuki Iwashita, Takuma Sakai, Takayuki Ueda, Masataka Fujinaga, Shinsuke Jida, Masataka Yamanaga, Yuki Nagao, Takafumi Kawano
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Publication number: 20170088774Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a ceramic composite material for light conversion which exhibit s excellent heat resistance, durability, and the like as a light converting member of an optical device such as a white light emitting diode, easily controls the ratio of light from a light source and fluorescence, can reduce color unevenness and variance of emitted light, and has high internal quantum efficiency and fluorescence intensity, a method for producing the same, and a light emitting device which includes the same and has high light conversion efficiency. Provided is a ceramic composite material for light conversion including: a fluorescence phase; and a light transmitting phase, the fluorescence phase being a phase containing Ln3Al5O12:Ce (Ln is at least one element selected from Y, Lu, and Tb, and Ce is an activation element), and the light transmitting phase being a phase containing LaAl11O18.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: Ube Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shiyohei Asai, Masataka Yamanaga, Kazuki Kuwahara, Yuki Nagao, Koji Shibata, Takafumi Kawano
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Patent number: 9543480Abstract: A ceramic composite for light conversion comprising a solidified body in which crystalline phases of oxides are three-dimensionally entangled and a method for manufacture thereof. A manufacture method of a ceramic composite for light conversion is characterized in that a polishing step is provided in a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process applied to the surface of a solidified body with a structure in which an Al2O3 phase and other phases are three-dimensionally entangled.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2011Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Dai Inamori, Takafumi Kawano, Toshiro Doi, Syuhei Kurokawa
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Patent number: 9334197Abstract: A method for producing a ceramic composite for light conversion including first step of forming the step level difference such that an oxide crystal phase other than Al2O3 phase of a surface of a solidified body is in a convex shape relative to an Al2O3 phase by subjecting the surface of the solidified body having a structure in which the Al2O3 phase and the oxide crystal phase other than Al2O3 phase are continuously and three-dimensionally entangled with each other to dry etching, and a second step of reducing the step level difference by subjecting the solidified body subjected to the dry etching to CMP or MP.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2012Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Dai Inamori, Takafumi Kawano
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Publication number: 20150247086Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wavelength conversion member including a polycrystalline ceramics includes mixing a substance serving as a silicon source, a substance serving as an aluminum source, a substance serving as a calcium source, and a substance serving as a europium source; firing the obtained mixture to obtain an oxynitride phosphor powder; then sintering the oxynitride phosphor powder in an inert atmosphere to obtain the polycrystalline ceramics, characterized in that the sintered oxynitride phosphor powder has a composition (excluding oxygen) represented by the Formula: Cax1Eux2Si12-(y+z)Al(y+z)OzN16-z (in the Formula, x1, x2, y, and z are values such that 0<x1?3.40, 0.05?x2?0.20, 3.5?y?7.0, 0?z?1).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2013Publication date: September 3, 2015Inventors: Kazuki Iwashita, Takuma Sakai, Takayuki Ueda, Masataka Fujinaga, Shinsuke Jida, Masataka Yamanaga, Yuki Nagao, Takafumi Kawano
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Patent number: 8765621Abstract: There is provided a dielectric ceramic composition for high-frequency use represented by a composition formula of a(Sn,Ti)O2-bMg2SiO4-cMgTi2O5-dMgSiO3. In the composition formula, a, b, c and d (provided that a, b, c and d are mol %) are within the following ranges: 4?a?37, 34?b?92, 2?c?15 and 2?d?15, respectively, and a+b+c+d=100. The dielectric ceramic composition for high-frequency use has a relative permittivity ?r of 7.5-12.0, a Qm×fo value of not less than 50000 (GHz) and an absolute value of a temperature coefficient ?f of resonance frequency fo of not more than 30 ppm/° C.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2009Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: UBE Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takafumi Kawano, Masataka Yamanaga, Atsushi Okabe
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Publication number: 20140138348Abstract: A method for producing a ceramic composite for light conversion including first step of forming the step level difference such that an oxide crystal phase other than Al2O3 phase of a surface of a solidified body is in a convex shape relative to an Al2O3 phase by subjecting the surface of the solidified body having a structure in which the Al2O3 phase and the oxide crystal phase other than Al2O3 phase are continuously and three-dimensionally entangled with each other to dry etching, and a second step of reducing the step level difference by subjecting the solidified body subjected to the dry etching to CMP or MP.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Dai Inamori, Takafumi Kawano
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Publication number: 20130327985Abstract: A ceramic composite for light conversion comprising a solidified body in which crystalline phases of oxides are three-dimensionally entangled and a method for manufacture thereof. A manufacture method of a ceramic composite for light conversion is characterized in that a polishing step is provided in a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process applied to the surface of a solidified body with a structure in which an Al2O3 phase and other phases are three-dimensionally entangled.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2011Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Dai Inamori, Takafumi Kawano, Toshiro Doi, Syuhei Kurokawa
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Publication number: 20110236634Abstract: There is provided a dielectric ceramic composition for high-frequency use represented by a composition formula of a(Sn,Ti)O2-bMg2SiO4-cMgTi2O5-dMgSiO3. In the composition formula, a, b, c and d (provided that a, b, c and d are mol %) are within the following ranges: 4?a?37, 34?b?92, 2?c?15 and 2?d?15, respectively, and a+b+c+d=100. The dielectric ceramic composition for high-frequency use has a relative permittivity ?r of 7.5-12.0, a Qm×fo value of not less than 50000 (GHz) and an absolute value of a temperature coefficient ?f of resonance frequency fo of not more than 30 ppm/° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2009Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: Ube Industries LtdInventors: Takafumi Kawano, Masataka Yamanaga, Atsushi Okabe
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Patent number: 7641970Abstract: A low temperature sinterable dielectric ceramic composition is obtained by bending 2.5-20 parts by weight of a glass component per 100 parts by weight of an aggregate of dielectric particles which are composed of Ti-containing dielectric material and contain an oxide including Ti and Zn in the surface portions. A low temperature sintered dielectric ceramic is produced by sintering this low temperature sinterable dielectric ceramic composition at 880 to 1000° C. With this low temperature sinterable dielectric ceramic composition, there can be obtained a multiplayer electronic component having an internal conductor composed of Ag, Cu or an alloy containing at least one of them.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2005Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: UBE Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takafumi Kawano, Masataka Yamanaga, Koichi Fukuda
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Publication number: 20090212060Abstract: It is to provide a packaging container comprising: a synthetic resin container body having a flange part at a periphery of an opening at an upper end thereof; and a container cap having a top board part and a skirt part provided such that it is suspended from a-periphery of the top board part, and wherein the top board part is heat-sealed onto an upper surface of the flange part of the container body; wherein the packaging container has a first cutout part at an upper end of an outer edge of the flange part. By providing a first cutout part, a packaging container possible to achieve sealing with the container cap stably, and to open the sealing easily and surely as well can be provided, by suppressing the effect of a molten resin on a folded corner part of the skirt of the container cap when the container body is heat-sealed with the container cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2006Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHAInventors: Mitsuhiko Shinohara, Takafumi Kawano, Motokazu Kawano, Masaharu Kanai, Toshiro Watanabe, Mikio Ishimoto, Shin-ichi Hoshi, Shin-ichiro No
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Patent number: 7276461Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition having a relative dielectric constant ?r of 15-25 allowing formation of a laminated ceramic part having an appropriate size, capable of being sintered at a temperature lower than 800-1000° C. allowing incorporation and lamination of low resistance conductor of Cu or Ag through simultaneous sintering, and having a low dielectric loss tan ? (high Q-value) and a temperature coefficient ?f of resonant frequency has an absolute value not larger than 50 ppm/° C. The dielectric ceramic composition contains 3-30 parts by weight of lead-free low melting point glass containing 50 to 75 wt % of ZnO, 5 to 30 wt % of B2O3, 6 to 15 wt % of SiO2, 0.5 to 5 wt % of Al2O3, and 3 to 10 wt % of BaO, based on 100 parts by weight of major component expressed by a general formula of x?Zn2TiO4-(1?x??y?)ZnTiO3-y?TiO2 where 0.15<x?<0.8 and 0?y??0.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2004Date of Patent: October 2, 2007Assignee: UBE Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takafumi Kawano, Koichi Fukuda
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Publication number: 20070172652Abstract: A low temperature sinterable dielectric ceramic composition is obtained by bending 2.5-20 parts by weight of a glass component per 100 parts by weight of an aggregate of dielectric particles which are composed of Ti-containing dielectric material and contain an oxide including Ti and Zn in the surface portions. A low temperature sintered dielectric ceramic is produced by sintering this low temperature sinterable dielectric ceramic composition at 880 to 1000° C. With this low temperature sinterable dielectric ceramic composition, there can be obtained a multiplayer electronic component having an internal conductor composed of Ag, Cu or an alloy containing at least one of them.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2005Publication date: July 26, 2007Inventors: Takafumi Kawano, Masataka Yamanaga, Koichi Fukuda
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Patent number: 7232781Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition which can be sintered at such a temperature of about 800 to 1000° C. as to permit incorporation of and multilayer formation with a low resistant conductor such as Ag or Cu by the simultaneous sintering with the low resistant conductor, which is sintered to form dielectric ceramics having a dielectric constant ?r of not more than 10, and a resonator having a large Q×f0 value and an absolute value in temperature coefficient ?f of resonance frequency f0 of not more than 20 ppm/° C., the value being easy to be controlled. The dielectric ceramic composition contains a glass component in an amount of 5 to 150 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of a main component represented by general formula: aZnAl2O4-bZn2SiO4-cTiO2-dZn2TiO4, in which the molar fractions of respective components a, b, c, and d satisfy 5.0?a?80.0 mol % 5.0?b?70.0 mol %, 5.0?c?27.5 mol %, 0?d?30.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2004Date of Patent: June 19, 2007Assignee: UBE Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Ishitobi, Koichi Fukuda, Takafumi Kawano, Hisayoshi Iba
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Publication number: 20060234851Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition having a relative dielectric constant ?r of 15-25 allowing formation of a laminated ceramic part having an appropriate size, capable of being sintered at a temperature lower than 800-1000° C. allowing incorporation and lamination of low resistance conductor of Cu or Ag through simultaneous sintering, and having a low dielectric loss tan ? (high Q-value) and a temperature coefficient ?f of resonant frequency has an absolute value not larger than 50 ppm/° C. The dielectric ceramic composition contains 3-30 parts by weight of lead-free low melting point glass containing 50 to 75 wt % of ZnO, 5 to 30 wt % of B2O3, 6 to 15 wt % of SiO2, 0.5 to 5 wt % of Al2O3, and 3 to 10 wt % of BaO, based on 100 parts by weight of major component expressed by a general formula of x?Zn2TiO4-(1?x??y?)ZnTiO3-y?TiO2 where 0.15<x?<0.8 and 0?y??0.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2004Publication date: October 19, 2006Inventors: Takafumi Kawano, Koichi Fukuda
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Publication number: 20060142141Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition which can be sintered at such a temperature of about 800 to 1000° C. as to permit incorporation of and multilayer formation with a low resistant conductor such as Ag or Cu by the simultaneous sintering with the low resistant conductor, which is sintered to form dielectric ceramics having a dielectric constant ?r of not more than 10, and a resonator having a large Q×f0 value and an absolute value in temperature coefficient ?f of resonance frequency f0 of not more than 20 ppm/° C., the value being easy to be controlled. The dielectric ceramic composition contains a glass component in an amount of 5 to 150 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of a main component represented by general formula: aZnAl2O4-bZn2SiO4-cTiO2-dZn2TiO4, in which the molar fractions of respective components a, b, c, and d satisfy 5.0?a?80.0 mol % 5.0?b?70.0 mol %, 5.0?c?27.5 mol %, 0?d?30.0 mol % (a+b+c+d=100 mol %).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2004Publication date: June 29, 2006Inventors: Shinichi Ishitobi, Koichi Fukuda, Takafumi Kawano, Hisayoshi Iba
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Patent number: 7054694Abstract: The present invention has the following characteristics. The process input signal input value and engineering unit value scale data are associated and stored inside the control unit. The operation value determined from the input value and the engineering unit value scale data are sent from the control unit to the monitoring unit. Accordingly, the control unit and monitoring unit do not hold separate engineering unit value scale data, so the engineering unit value scale data can be centrally managed.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2002Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Shingo Fujinami, You Funaki, Satoshi Okada, Takafumi Kawano
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Patent number: 6703336Abstract: The dielectric ceramic composition of the first aspect of the invention comprises an essential component having a compositional formula of xBaO-yTiO2-zNd2O3 (wherein 0.02≦x≦0.2, 0.6≦y≦0.8, 0.01≦z≦0.3, x+y+z=1), and contains two types of glass powder, one comprising PbO, ZnO and B2O3 and the other comprising SiO2 and B2O3, and a third component that comprises Al2O3, SrTiO3, GeO2 and Li2O. Its advantages are that it can be sintered at low temperatures, its dielectric constant &egr;r falls between 10 and 50 or so, its unloaded Q is large, and its temperature-dependent resonant frequency change is small. The dielectric ceramic composition of the second aspect of the invention comprises an essential component having a compositional formula of s(xBaO-yTiO2-zNd2O3)-tNd2Ti2O7 (wherein 0.02≦x≦0.2, 0.6≦y≦0.8, 0.01≦z≦0.3, x+y+z=1, 0.1≦s≦0.8, 0.2≦t≦0.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2002Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignees: Ube Electronics, Ltd., Ube Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shinji Fukuda, Takafumi Kawano, Masataka Yamanaga, Sumio Terada, Koichi Fukuda
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Publication number: 20040015244Abstract: The present invention has the following characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2002Publication date: January 22, 2004Applicant: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Shingo Fujinami, You Funaki, Satoshi Okada, Takafumi Kawano